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Singapore said Monday it will impose a blanket ban on the domestic sale of elephant ivory and products from 2021 as the government tightens its campaign against illegal wildlife trade. The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will ban the domestic trade in ivory from September 2021, the government said on Monday, shutting the door to an important end-market for poached elephant ivory ... ( read original story ...)

The erasure happened almost immediately after other mainstream news outlets published articles on the police investigation against the Nair siblings. To explain the removal of Subhas and Migrants Band ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Says It’s Fighting ‘Fake News.’ Journalists See a Ruse. In May, Singapore passed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which gives government ministers the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government stands ready to stimulate the economy, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday, after some of the worst economic data in years prompted warnings ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore must continue to reinvent itself and break new ground to “stay in front of the pack”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in this year’s National Day message. Delivering the nine ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy is expected to have contracted almost 3% in the second quarter, a slight improvement from advance estimates but reaffirming the risk of a possible recession ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Singapore-based Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX) this week registered the first exchange of futures for physicals (EFP) for its 380-centistoke high-sulphur fuel oil (380-cst ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — A 25-year-old man was charged on Friday (8 August) with burning a Singapore flag along the 13th floor common corridor of an HDB block in Woodlands with a lighter. As a result of Elson Ong ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore government last week blocked access to a rap video ... stating that it was objectionable on the grounds of public interest and national harmony. Channel News Asia quoted local police ... ( read original story ...)

the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said in a news release. Officers were alerted on Sunday, at around 12.40pm, after the burnt flags were found at Block 774 Woodlands Crescent. Through ground enquiries ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore was among the bottom 10 for work-life balance and ranked the second most overworked city in a study of 40 cities released on Wednesday (Aug 7). The study by tech company Kisi ... ( read original story ...)

But if the Singapore contract stays alive ... He has also worked for the Straits Times, ET NOW and Bloomberg News. ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam on Wednesday (Aug 7) said that he expects that the Singapore Convention on Mediation will come into force "relatively fast" for an international ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: More than 9 in 10 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PR) said they are concerned by climate change and will do their part to minimise its impact, findings from a Mediacorp survey showed ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is examining ways to tighten regulation of retail bond issues and the real estate investment trust sector as it steps up investor protection in the city-state. The Singapore Exchange’s ... ( read original story ...)